ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,560,266, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to Nippon Thermostat Co. Ltd. (Tokyo).
"Circulating circuit member, and manufacturing method for circulating circuit member" was invented by Tsuyoshi Kumashiro (Kiyose, Japan) and Junichi Sato (Kiyose, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A circulating circuit member 1 forms a part of a circulating circuit through which a fluid flows. The circulating circuit member 1 includes a pipe 4; a to-be attached member that has a sleeve portion 3 made of synthetic resin to which the pipe 4 is rotationally connected; and a pin 6 that is inserted from the sleeve portion 3 to the pipe 4, in which a pin inserti...